Category: Made with kids

These were a regular in our house growing up. They’re quick and easy to make and delicious, especially when eaten still warm from the pan. Most people know these as Welsh cakes but in Wales we call them bakestones because they used to be cooked on a slab of stone (slate) that had been heated … Continue reading Welsh cakes (Bakestones)

This is a really easy meal that gives children a bit of choice over what they have for tea. My kids have decided they don’t really like pizza that much (!) so for this meal I swapped a doughy pizza base for a much lighter puff pastry one. This isn’t just a meal for kids, … Continue reading Pizza tart

In India Tiffin is a small meal or snack but in the UK it is a chocolatey-biscuity no bake cake. We decided to make bite sized versions today though, with a bit of tweaking to our usual recipe. The children had so much fun crushing biscuits for our easy lime and ginger cheesecake recently that I wanted … Continue reading Tiffin bites

Loaf cake is fast becoming a favourite of mine – its depth means you really get to enjoy the texture (and taste) and while I’ve had my fair share of disasters with cake in a sandwich tin (think the incredible shrinking cake) my loaf cakes always turn out well. I wanted to make a chocolate … Continue reading Chocolate chip loaf cake

Lime and ginger compliment each other perfectly and cheesecake is always a winner in our house (although hubby prefers chocolate flavour… that’s a recipe for another day!). This cheesecake is very easy, it only has five ingredients and both the base and topping are quick to make. The kids were happy to get involved in … Continue reading Easy lime and ginger cheesecake

I bought a pack of orange flavour Matchmakers for Christmas and then forgot about them (I don’t know how that happened!). When I found them again the kids had been asking to do some cooking and I thought that would taste good in cookies instead of chocolate chips Continue reading Matchmaker chocolate orange cookies

I want my children to grow up with a healthy relationship with food. To me that means understanding where it comes from, as well as how to cook it and the effects (good and bad) that it has on our bodies. We tried to grow some herbs and vegetables last year with mixed success – … Continue reading We’re growing our own